Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,330 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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John Lewis Waller (1850-1907)
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American Missionary Association (1846-1999)
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Shuffle Along (1921)
Lynching of Allen Brooks in Downtown Dallas, 1910
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Allen Brooks (ca. 1853-1910)

Explore Global African History

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Michael X (1933-1975)
Victoria Eugenia Santa Cruz Gamarra
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Victoria Eugenia Santa Cruz Gamarra (1922-2014)
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Emboscada, Paraguay (1740- )
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Movimento Negro Unificado (1978- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

Map Showing Dana on the Union Pacific Railroad
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Dana, Wyoming, A Black Town in the Coal Mining West
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The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: One Tennessee Community’s Odyssey from Slavery to Freedom
Market exterior and cars, South Side Chicago, ca. 1970
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The Nation of Islam’s Economic Program, 1934-1975
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From the Slave Quarters to the Courtroom: The Story of the First African American Attorney in the United States

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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